With MAGIC and FN Platform just seven weeks away, the Las Vegas-based trade show has released their top five trend stories in women’s footwear for Spring ’17. With inspiration being culled from menswear, girls’, Western and athletic, here’s a look at the new direction the...
Look out for the next tough-looking bikers you see: They may just be wearing Christian Louboutin’s red-soles shoes. The luxury brand hosted its spring ’17 show in Milan in a private bikers’ club, where much the new collection drew influences from the craft of bike...
Two Ten announces its latest fund to benefit Cancer patients; Aldo and FFANY first to pledge. Some sad truths: Cancer affects nearly every American in some way. Too many have lost friends or relatives, or have struggled through treatment themselves along with the difficulties of...
Is another beat in the cards for Finish Line Inc.? When the specialty athletic retailer last reported, its sales and profit — at $580 million and $41 million, respectively — handily topped analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter....
Call it a shoe rush. In the past few years, the footwear world has seen a storm of new names aiming — and often succeeding — to disrupt the market with innovative designs and serious, insatiable ambition. Be it through clever influencer marketing, powerful alliances...
• The Metropolitan New York Footwear, Apparel & Accessories Marketplace When: June 21-22; Sept. 21-22 Where: New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center, Edison, N.J....
Adidas gear is being painted in rainbow hues to benefit the victims and families of the Pulse nightclub shooting. Major League Soccer team Orlando City SC announced over the weekend that it is auctioning off game-worn jerseys with all proceeds going to the OneOrlando fund....
Brooks Running has named the founder of Sole Girls, a program which encourages teen girls to take up running, as its 2016 “Inspiring Coach of the Year”. Ashley Wiles, founder of Sole Girls, spent much of her teen years lacing up shoes and logging miles....
Lamo Sheepskin, Inc. moved its corporate offices from Ontario to Corona, CA, and transitioned to a new third-party logistics provider. The move to Corona at 4238 Green River Rd. in the Green River Promenade provides Lamo with more than double the office footprint from...
Market research firm The NPD Group said overall footwear sales, much like the rest of the retail market, continued their downward trend, dipping 4 percent last month. By group, women’s saw the greatest decline, slipping 6 percent. Men’s decreased 4 percent, and sales in children’s...